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Anonymous
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9 years ago
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How to create variance field and variance %

Hello all,     i'm beginner and just want to know how i can create the variance of column 1 and 2 and also the variance %     the numbers 1 until 5 represent columname MONTH and the produ...
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    v-qiuyu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    You can create measures below:

     

    Variance = CALCULATE(SUM(Table1[Amount]),FILTER(Table1,'Table1'[Month]=1))-CALCULATE(SUM(Table1[Amount]),FILTER(Table1,'Table1'[Month]=2))

     

    Variance % = DIVIDE('Table1'[Variance],CALCULATE(SUM(Table1[Amount]),FILTER(ALL(Table1),'Table1'[Month]=1)))

     

     

    By the way, I would suggest you display those two measures in card visuals. As you use matrix visual to display data originally, if we add two measures to this matrix, two measures values will display under each column group, means under 1, 2,...,5, each will have three columns. It will make the matrix messy, as you just want to return variance between the 1 and 2.

     

    Best Regards,
    Qiuyun Yu

     

     

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DavidAnthony
Helper II
9 months ago

Here’s how you can calculate the variance and variance % between two columns using Flexa Tables — no DAX needed 

Steps in Flexa Tables:

  1. Open your Power BI report and select the Flexa Tables visual.

  2. Add your data fields — for example:

    • Column 1 → current period (e.g., This Year Sales)

    • Column 2 → previous period (e.g., Last Year Sales)

  3. In the Flexa Tables toolbar, click on the Analytics button (📊 icon).

  4. Choose Variance → Flexa Tables will automatically:

    • Create a new column showing the Variance (Column1 – Column2)

    • Create another column showing the Variance % ((Column1 – Column2)/Column2)

  5. You can rename, format, or reorder these variance columns directly in the table — no formulas, no DAX.